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 People are recommending that the disney live action movie, mulan, is boycotted because the movie thanks the organizations in china that are responsible for the human rights violations of the muslim uighur residents of china. In this area, Xinjiang, where the movie was filmed, there have been Uighur residents who have been forced into internment camps where they are forced to work as slaves and are even being sterilized. They are also trying to push chinese cultural norms on the Uighurs and indoctrination. People are saying it is unethical that Disney would support an area of China that is doing these things. Not only that, the starring actress also tweeted in favor of the police in Hong Kong putting down democracy protests. 


China is targeting a specific group, the Uigirs, but other citizens have more rights.  So their human rights are not being applied universally. This goes against articles 1-30 of the UDHR. by detaining, imprisoning, and enslaving a group of people because of their religion, takes away all of their human rights.  Human rights are all related, so when one or more are infringed then it takes away multiple rights. All rights work together. The government of China acts like it has the power to take away these rights, but they really don’t. They are inalienable. 

Multiple human rights are being violated for the Uigirs, but article 4 is the worst that affects all other rights. 

Article 4.

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Once you are enslaved, all of your other rights go out the window.  This reminds me of the Holocaust.  It sounds like genocide. I never knew about this issue. It is really horrible and makes me upset.  Slavery should not still be an issue. 

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/disney-mulan-backlash-chinas-xinjiang-province-human-rights


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